Directory of Majdanek Resources

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Majdanek is roughly four kilometers away from the center of the Polish city Lublin. It was established in October 1941 as a prisoner-of-war camp. In February 1943, it was turned into a concentration camp.

Resources in This Category

• Communique of the Polish-Soviet Extraordinary Commission for Investigating the Crimes Committed by the Germans in the Majdanek Extermination Camp in Lublin

  http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/MajdanekReport.html
  Report detailing the categories of prisoners in the camp, the tortures practiced, the shooting of prisoners, and asphyxiation by gas.

• In the Middle of Europe

  http://www.in-the-middle-of-europe.com/
  Pictures and history of the camp.

• Jewish Virtual Library: Majdanek

  http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/maidanek.html
  History of the camp, plus a comparison to the modern day.

• Majdanek

  http://www.deathcamps.org/lublin/majdanek.html
  History of the camp, plus pictures of the room of shoes and the hill of ashes.

• Majdanek (Poland)

  http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/MajdanekEng.html
  Contains history of the camp, with a couple pictures.

• Majdanek: An Overview

  http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/majdanek.htm
  Learn about the layout and construction of the Nazi's second largest concentration camp.

• Majdanek: Nazi Extermination Camp

  http://www.scrapbookpages.com/Poland/Majdanek/
  Tour the camp, plus details of the gas chamber, crematorium, and about the liberation.

• State Museum at Majdanek

  http://www.majdanek.eu/
  Information about the museum, archives and collections.

• The Leuchter Report: Majdanek

  http://www.ihr.org/books/leuchter/majdanek.html
  Contains revisionist theory about how many people were exterminated at the camp.

• Virtual Reality Movies: Majdanek

  http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/VR/Majd.htm
  Contains several movies with short descriptions.

• Wikipedia: Majdanek

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majdanek
  Contains brief overview of the camp.

Related Categories

• Home > Regional > Europe > Poland > Provinces > Lubelskie > Lublin

Other Languages

• German

 

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